Abstract
A comparative study was made of family planning clinic patients and a sample of married women aged 15-49 in Lagos Nigeria. Data was drawn from 3 surveys: a study of family planning acceptors a survey of sociodemographic characteristics of the population and a KAP survey. The acceptor study covered 7750 patients registered for birth control services at various clinics. Significant factors in clinic attendance were found to be age parity and educational level. Marital status and religion (after controlling for other variables) were not found to have a significant effect. Women aged 25-39 and women having more than 3 living children were more prevalent among the clinic attenders than in the population at large. The likelihood of practice of birth control was found to increase in the presence of education. The IUD was the most popular form of birth control among clinic acceptors; however the trend toward IUD acceptance had declined drastically while use of the pill increased.
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